Nigeria, April 24 -- WhatsApp has introduced a new feature aimed at giving users more control over their private conversations.

On Wednesday, the messaging platform shared that it will begin rolling out an option called "Advanced Chat Privacy," which helps keep shared content within a chat more secure.

This feature stops people in a conversation from exporting the chat history or letting media files automatically download to their phone.

It also blocks any attempt to mention or interact with Meta AI in that chat.

While it doesn't currently stop people from taking screenshots, WhatsApp says more privacy tools may be added in future updates, including one that might deal with screenshots.

The update is designed for situations where gro...